What is recorded here
Situated on the summit of a natural rise, sloping slightly to the SE; surrounded by pasture with a farmyard to the NE. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 30-35m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.28m; ext. H 1.15m) with no other features visible. The site is densely overgrown with scrub.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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